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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk factors in an urban African setting

BACKGROUND: Nearly one third of the world is infected with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and a vast pool of individuals with LTBI persists in developing countries, posing a major barrier to global TB control. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of LTBI and the associa...

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Autores principales:	Kizza, Florence N, List, Justin, Nkwata, Allan K, Okwera, Alphonse, Ezeamama, Amara E, Whalen, Christopher C, Sekandi, Juliet N
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25879423 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0904-1

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